University of West Georgia

The University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles (80 km) west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on 645 acres (2 km²) including a recent land gift of 246 acres (1 km²) from the city of Carrollton in 2003.

Off-campus classes are available in Dalton, Newnan, Georgia Highlands College in Rome, and at several other community locations throughout the state. It has an enrollment of about 11,700 students. For the past ten years, the University has been repeatedly named as one of the Best Southeastern Colleges by The Princeton Review.

Customer Reviews

An amazing experience. Could not have asked for more…Carrollton may not be a huge college city but it is fun nonetheless. UWG has quality academics for a good price and has an absolutely gorgeous campus

Reviewed by George S. on 2/2014, courtesy of Google

‘m giving UWG 5 stars because I had a great experience there as an undergrad. I won’t put the time frame because that’ll give my age and a lady never tells their age right? LOL. I’ll just say that it was right after the “State” was dropped from the name and I think we were still the Braves my freshmen year (figured my age yet?). Ok now for the review. When I started at UWG we didn’t have nearly as many “amenities” as the students have now but we made the best of our experience. I sometimes heard my peer complain about some of the offices but I personally never experienced any major issues with any of the offices or academic departments. Since graduating I have also worked as a full-time employee at UWG so I have had the opportunity to see many of the changes made since myUWG days. The stadium, the library, new residence halls, new dining hall, etc. It is amazing to see such growth. I was a dual business major and I believe that I received a good education from the college of business. I have also witnessed many of my peers go on to do great things after graduation and I’d like to think a portion of that is because of UWG. Many of the professors that I had during my time there were great- they actually seemed to care about students and education. Now, don’t get me wrong there were those professors that were obviously just there for a check…but they were outweighed by the caring ones. I hope this generation of students appreciate the luxuries they have at UWG now because I didn’t xx years ago. As an employee there, I think UWG is a great place. The only complaint for that aspect is the pay- but I think that’s a USG issue rather than a UWG issue because I also worked at another Georgia institution and the pay wasn’t too great there either and UWG definitely beats that larger institution when it comes to the culture and the colleagues. I really cherish my student and employee memories/experiences at UWG.